Carrier apparatus



J F DOWNING CARRIER APPARATUS,

vNo. 328,660.

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JEROME F. DOVNING, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARRIER APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,660, dated October 20, 1885.

Application tiled September 12, 1885. Serial No. 176,918. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JEROME F. DowNING, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carrier Apparatuses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to conveyer systems for stores and other like apparatus; and it consists in improvements in the construction of the elevator device, which receives cars from one track, lowers them to the counter, and elevates them to and puts them onto the other track.

My new improvements are shown in the accompanying drawings as applied to the peculiar form of track and other appliances shown in patents previously issued to me, but such an association is not necessary, as my improvements may be used in connection with almost if not quite all conveyer-systems of this class.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure lis a perspective view of a station on a line of track. A is the track which grades to the central station. B is the track which grades from the central station to the way-sta tion. B' is the receiving-switch track at the way-station. A is the dispatching-switch at the way-station. C is the elevator way or guide. D is the section of track attached to the elevator. D' is a crank'arm supporting the tracksection D. E and E' is the elevator-frame proper. F is a catch for stopping the elevator at the point to receive a car from the receiving-switch, and F' is a cord for drawing back the catch F.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the elevatorway C, the elevator-frame EE', the track-section D, and its support D', the elevator-way being broken out to show the contained parts clearly.

It will be seen from these gures that the elevator-way is a tube having a slot, C',through out its length, or as much thereof as is necessary to give the proper vertical movement, and that the elevator-frame consists of a piston, E, within the tube, and an arm, E', extending out through the slot C'. Thetrack-section D,

or any other form of car receiving and supporting device, is supported by the arm E'. By constructing the elevator-way in this manner it can serve as a supporting-post to sustain the tracks. So far as I am aware all conveyer-system elevator-ways, when composed of a single rod, are clasped by the elevatorframe, and consequently cannot be utilizedto support the tracks, and therefore other means for supporting the tracks must be provided. It will be seen that the arms c c', which support the tracks A A' and B B', spring from ferrules on the elevator-way, and when required the fcrrule is slotted to correspond with the slot in the elevator-way. The catch F is pivoted on a ferrule which is slotted, as above described. It is kept up by a spring, f, and can be pulled down by the cord F. It is placed in proper position to support the elevator at the proper place to bring the track B' and the section of track B and the scction of track D in conjunction. Vhen a car is received and is to be let down to the counter, the cord F is pulled, and the catch is drawn from under the arm E'.

IVhat I claim as new isl. In a conveyer system, the combination, with the receiving and dispatching tracks, of an elevator-way which consists of a verticallyslotted tube arranged with relation to said tracks, substantially as set forth.

2. In a conveyer system, the combination, with the receiving and dispatching tracks, of an elevator-way, which supports said tracks, and is tubular and vertically slotted, and receives within its slot and bore the elevatorframe, substantially as set forth.

3. In a conveyer system, the combination, substantially as herein set forth, of the tracks A A and B B', the vertically-slotted hollow post C, the arms c c and c c, secured to said post and supporting said tracks, and the elevator-frame E E', sliding within said post.

4. In a conveyer apparatus, the combination, substantially as set forth, of the vertically-slotted hollow post C, the switch-tracks A' and B', the arms c and c', secured to said post and supporting said switch-tracks, and the clevator-frame E E', sliding in the bore and slot of said post and supporting the track-section D.

5. In a conveyer apparatus, the combina IOO 2 328,660 v Re tion, substantially as set forth, of the switch- In testimony whereof I afX y signature in tracks A and B', the vertically-slotted hollow presence of two Witnesses. post C, the arms c o', secured to said post and supportingsaidsWitoh-traoks, an elevatorslid- J. F. DWN ING. 5 ing Within the bore and slot of said post, and

a catch device supported on said post and Witnesses:

adapted, as shown, to support the elevator op- F. B. WHIPPLE,

posite the receiving-switch B. RoBT'. H. PORTER. v 

